We built this city
We built this city
We built this city
We built this city on rock
(rock, rock)~~~

We built this city
On these blocks we hustle
We built this city on rock
On rock
We built this city
Turn bricks to whips
We built this city on rock and roll
We built this city
In the midst of the struggle
On rock
We built this city
From bottom to top
We built this city on rock and roll
Through the agony pain diplomatic we reign

{Jim Jones}
A yo my dipset Taliban
We on these streets like the wars on the streets in Afghanistan better yet of Pakistan
To America, Harlem's Al Qaeda any problem I'll spray ya not the star or the mayor
But in this 50 block radius, lets get the rock and shave this shit or get the glock and blaze this shit
Bitits* get the c*** and savor it
They say Jim Jones the Capo my favorite
(Fuck**s. Let's get it right, shit)
Here's some of the shit my city wasn't built up over
Drugs, money, some shit you'll get killed up over
Slumped on ya wheel straight tilted over
Trust me dogs, I've seen it in plural
Niggaz wasted, then painted and seen on a mural
In this apple of mine is rotten, dill
Yap up ya shines, clock shot that'll crack up ya mind
Cop rocks and cook that crack up to dimes
New York City the capital of crime

We built this city
From the packin and stackin'
We built this city on rock
On rock
We built this city
From the scramblin' and gamblin'
We built this city on rock and roll
We built this city
From the packin' and stackin'
We built this city on rock
On rock
We built this city
From the scramblin' and gamblin', blamin' the cannon at ya face mutha
We built this city on rock and roll (Santana the Great)

{Juelz Santana}
Yo, Now once again it's Santana the Great
I built this city on hammers and weight
Gasoline rope, bandanas and tape
Lots of fiends, lots of coke being handed away
You know the usual
Shut em' down, set up shop, how we usually do
Cut em' down, dead the block, man we movin' through
Diplomats is the strongest force
On and off the court we ball it's more than sport
(Muthafuck*. It's Santana nigga come on)
We built this city from ground zero the spittin' the pound zero
Brown pistol at cha get down kiko
Yeah this is from the ground up Nigga
So get ya weight and ya pounds up nigga
Cuz' when it's beef my homies mound up quicker,
Spit the pound much quicker, lay you down much quicker
You never been approached by golden eagles
Vultures that'll scope and feed you, no corpse, just leave you~~
(Shit you know)

We built this city
On blood sweat and tears
We built this city on rock
On rock
We built this city
We gon' make it to the top
We built this city on rock and roll
We built this city
Through blood, swear and tears
We built this city on rock
On rock
We built this city
Blood sweat and tears
We built this city
Through the trials and tribulations we gon' make it through the years come on

{Hell Rell}
It's like what I wouldn't do for a buck
My enemies can't rest in piece Jones we shoot they funerals up
New gangsta's in the city bitch ring the alarm
All you hoes bow down kiss the ring of a don
It's about to get real big playa, humunguos
Stack money so long, till it grew fungus
We was gon' let you live unitl you through punches
Now it's got to get critical and we got to get rid of you
And we the most talked about, the most popular
We live by the code we the dipset Mafia
You never know who's watchin' ya
You never know who's plottin' to pop at cha
We focus like a pair of binoculars
I'm bout to get gritty.
M5, clks garage look like alphabet city
And I'm a hustla, I put cracks in communities,
Cops can't touch me, got Diplomatic Immunity
Now drop em', guaranteed a million shipped and scanned
If not back to the block, strips and grams

Cam
If not get wit Cam
I got clips that lift the vans. Flip it fam
Shit they can kick the can
This cat think he sling cause he gotta pinky ring
Rinky dink diamonds they don't even make ya pinky bling
(We built this city) And now I'm gon' kill the city
(We built this city) Crib for 50, yeah I'm actin' real sadity
(We built this city) Cause I collect mills in 50
(We built this city on rock) For real it's pretty and ya'll gon feel the pity

We built this city
On blood sweat and tears
We built this city on rock
On rock
We built this city
We gon' make it to the top
We built this city on rock and roll
We built this city
On blood, swear and tears
We built this city on rock
On rock
We built this city
Blood sweat and tears
We built this city
Through the trials and tribulations we gon' make it through the years come on

We built this city
On these blocks we hustle
We built this city on rock
On rock
We built this city
Turn bricks to whips
We built this city on rock and roll
We built this city
In the mist of the struggle
On rock
We built this city
From bottom to top
We built this city on rock and roll
Through the agony pain diplomatic we reign

We built this city
We built this city on rock
We built this city
We built this city on rock and roll

We built this city
We built this city on rock
We built this city
We built this city on rock and roll

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